Who lives here?

If you said Wood Ants, you’re right—but did you know another species shares their nests?

Join Prof. @elvarobinson.bsky.social to explore the secret life of the Shining Guest Ant, an ‘uninvited houseguest’.

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Driver ants form some of the largest colonies of any animal on Earth, with up to 20 million individuals. And yet, surprisingly little is known about them.

Join Dr @maximuminsect.bsky.social and explore how research is shedding light on these fascinating ants:
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Bioacoustic data is increasingly popular for monitoring birds – but how can we use it to its full potential?

Join our FREE ecoTECH webinar with Wilder Sensing on best practice in bird bioacoustics.
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🧪 #bioacoustics #birds @wildersensing.com

I’m running Biological Recording 101 on 20 January at Lesnes Abbey Lodge, London.

Join me to explore how to turn wildlife sightings into valuable conservation data & get hands-on with iRecord. 🧪 🌍

Tickets from £25
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The Biological Recording Company are offering 50% off the Earthworms of the UK & Ireland entoLEARN course that I developed (was £20, now £10 with the code). Just use the code worm50 at checkout. The code is valid until 30th June 2025.
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#earthworms

🌿 Discover the Spleenworts of the UK! 🌱

Join Henry Miller for an online deep dive into Asplenium ferns—ID tips, habitats & rare species! @royalbotanicgarden

📅 14 Oct 2025 | 💷 £10 | 📍 Online

Limited spaces—book now! 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ferns-of-t...

🐸💧 Want to create a wildlife pond & attract frogs, dragonflies & birds? Join us on 27 Feb for a FREE webinar and learn how to design, plant & maintain a thriving pond habitat.

📅 90-min event | Expert talk + Q&A
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#WaterForWildlife

Great day surveying #earthworms on farms in the Chilterns. We surveyed two fields on each farm, giving the farmer the choice of what they’d like to see compared.

Farm 1 wanted to see 3rd yr cover crop vs 1st yr. Farm 2 was ploughed vs min till.

🧪 🚜 🌍 #ecology #soils #invertebrates #agriculture

How do earthworms impact #soil processes and provide #EcosystemServices ? It depends on the type of worm.

🪱 🧪 🌍 #earthworms #ecology #SciComms #NaturalHistory #Science #Biology #Nature

@ukceh.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social @soilassocscot.bsky.social

A little unpublished study I did on 4 farms showed no significant difference in worm counts between spring barley fields and neighbouring habitat (grassland and hedgerow). Species diversity, however, was significantly lower in arable. My thoughts in comments below.

🧪 #earthworms #soil #ecology

How do we identify earthworms? People assume it is based on colour and size, but to differentiate between UK species we look at features such as the prostomium, make pore, clitellum, tubercula pubertatis and setae spacing.

🧪 #earthworms #annelida #taxonomy #worms #biology #naturalhistory

Even within the UK scientific community, I see a lot of pseudoscience and misinformation regarding ecological categories of earthworm. I wrote this article to bring together the research for naturalists.

🧪 #earthworms #ecology #soil #biology #annelida

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